Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

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"Human evolution has occurred both due to, and in spite of, the placenta. Every pregnancy, unthinkingly, must navigate a careful path through it. Every menstruation is testament to it. It is partly ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

One hundred years ago a young teacher, John T. Scopes, went on trial in Dayton, Tenn., for violating a recently enacted state law that forbade the state’s educators “to teach any theory that denies ...

What scientific knowledge is and is not presumed in legal reasoning, and what are the differences between what is and what is ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently published a religion and science addition to its Topics and Questions series addressing four subjects: the general compatibility of science and ...

They’re slow, ancient, and nearly indestructible, but which turtle build reigns supreme? Using a video game-inspired analysis, this list ranks the best shell designs and survival strategies across ...

Researchers have proven that antibiotic-resistant strains of a harmful bacteria thrive in a diabetic infection environment. Antibiotics are powerful, fast-acting medications designed to eradicate ...